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HIST2045

Bachelor's Thesis in History - Five-year Teacher Education Programme

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Credits 15
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English and norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Bachelor thesis

About

About the course

Course content

The bachelor thesis is a written assignment where the student discusses a historical topic, chosen in consultation with a supervisor. The aim of the course is to give students skills in writing an academic text. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to document sources, reflect historically, analyse information and develop a coherent argument. The specialization thesis should be between 10,000-12,000 words.

Learning outcome

Students are expected to have the following learning outcome:

Knowledge

The candiate has

  • comprehensive knowledge about the chosen topic

Skills

The candidate should be able to

  • develop a hypothesis or research question and carry out an historical analysis based on literature and/or sources, including to discuss and to draw conclusions
  • read and analyse sources in a critical way
  • construct and communicate historical arguments
  • express him/herself in correct academic prose and learn how to find and cite relevant literature and sources

Learning methods and activities

Writing thesis, supervision, seminars. Topic and problem must be approved by the supervisor.

Compulsory assignments

  • Approval of topic and problem

Further on evaluation

The bachelor’s thesis is normally written in Norwegian. If the thesis is written in English or in another non-Scandinavian language, the students must include an abstract in English in their thesis.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
History with Teacher Education, years 8 - 13 (MLHIST)

Required previous knowledge

Admission to the five-year integrated teaching education programme in history, and minimum HIST1300, HIST1500, and HIST1505/HIST1515 (or equivalent).

Course materials

See curriculum published at the start of the semester, and other materials (reading or lecture lists and other relevant information) published on Blackboard.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
HIST2040 7.5 sp Autumn 2019
HIST2055 15 sp Autumn 2021
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • History

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Historical and Classical Studies